Accountable Care Organization
Park Nicollet and HealthPartners Medical Group participates as an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) in the ACO Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (REACH) Model. An ACO is a group of doctors, hospitals and other health care providers who agree to work together to keep you healthy. All members of Park Nicollet Health Services ACO, LLC, d/b/a HealthPartners ACO agree to work together to give their patients better quality care. We transitioned from the Direct Contracting Model to the ACO REACH Model in 2023.
For general questions or additional information about ACO REACH, please visit
HealthPartners ACO
3800 Park Nicollet Blvd.
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
952-993-3400
800-862-7415 (toll free)
Kristi Lyon
kristi.lyon@parknicollet.com
952-993-7646
No participants are involved in a joint venture between ACO REACH professionals and hospitals.
Kristi Lyon, Operational Leader of ACO REACH
VP Payer Relations, Park Nicollet Health Services (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Pahoua Hoffman
Sr VP Government & Community Relations, HealthPartners (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Leslie Dockan
VP Primary Care, HealthPartners (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Beth Averbeck, MD
Sr Medical Director Primary Care, HealthPartners (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Rebecca Schultz
Director Integrity and Compliance, Care Group Compliance Officer, Designated Compliance Official, HealthPartners (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
James Wheeler, DO
Nephrology Division Medical Director, Park Nicollet Clinic (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Cara Hull
Chief Quality Officer, HealthPartners (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Kody Koepke
Director of Pricing and Data Analysis, Park Nicollet Health Services (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Jennifer Myster
President of Methodist Hospital, VP Care Group & Home Care - Park Nicollet, Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Timothy Bohl
Health Policy Analyst, Government Relations, HealthPartners (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Joan Sandstrom
VP Primary Care, Park Nicollet Health Services (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Dan Albright, MD
Sr Medical Director Primary Care, Park Nicollet Health Services (employer); ACO REACH Participant, Ex Officio
Tamika Jeune
Legal Counsel, HealthPartners (employer); Staff to the Steering Committee
Jerome Siy
Hospital Specialties Division Medical Director & Medical Director Value Based Care, HealthPartners (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Angela Booher
Sr Director, Care Management & Care Coordination, HealthPartners (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Lisa Aker
Population Health Program Manager, Park Nicollet Health Services (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Coordinator
Types for ACO REACH participants or combinations of participants who formed the ACO:
ACO professionals in a group practice arrangement
ACO REACH Board of Directors:
Kristi Lyon, Chair
VP Payer Relations, Park Nicollet Health Services (employer); Voting Director
James Wheeler, DO
Nephrology Division Medical Director, Park Nicollet Health Services (employer); ACO REACH Participant, Voting Director
Pahoua Hoffman
Sr VP Government & Community Relations, HealthPartners; Consumer Advocate
Joan Molenaar (retired)
Medicare Beneficiary
Steve Connelly, MD
President Park Nicollet Clinic, Park Nicollet Health Services (employer); ACO REACH Participant, Voting Director
Dan Albright, MD
Sr. Medical Director Primary Care, Park Nicollet Health Services (employer); ACO REACH Participant, Ex Officio
Sara Spilseth
System Medical Director Hospital Care Management, HealthPartners; ACO REACH Participant
ACO REACH Officers:
Kristi Lyon, President
VP Payer Relations, Park Nicollet Health Services (employer)
Rebecca Schultz, Designated Compliance Official
Director Integrity and Compliance, HealthPartners (employer)
Karen Black, Assistant Secretary
Director, Board Relations, HealthPartners (employer)
Open position, Treasurer
To be determined
Nancy Evert, Secretary
General Counsel, HealthPartners (employer)
- Agreement Period beginning 2016, Performance Year 1: -$691,498.56
- Agreement Period beginning 2017, Performance Year 2: $3,588,459
- Agreement Period beginning 2018, Performance Year 3: -$645,505
- Agreement Period beginning 2019, Performance Year 4: $1,922,682.23
- Agreement Period beginning 2020, Performance Year 5: For the Next Generation ACO Model's 2020 performance year, Park Nicollet Health Services ACO, LLC accepted CMS's allowance to use our 2019 performance year quality score of 95.8% and remove responsibility for all 2020 shared losses.
- Agreement Period beginning 2021, Performance Year 6: For the Next Generation ACO Model’s 2021 performance year, Park Nicollet Health Services ACO, LLC accepted CMS’s allowance for removing responsibility for 2021 shared losses (-$8,219,025).
Proportion of Shared Savings distributed to Next Generation Participants and Preferred Providers: 0%
How Shared Savings are Distributed
Reinvest in infrastructure to support quality patient care: 100%
- Agreement Period beginning 2022, Performance Year 1: -$893,735
Proportion of Shared Savings distributed to Direct Contracting Participants and Preferred Providers: 0%
How Shared Savings are Distributed
Reinvest in infrastructure to support quality patient care: 100%
Note: DCE model name changed to ACO REACH for 2023.
- Agreement Period beginning 2023, Performance Year 2: Shared Loss of $3,827,561.62.
- Agreement Period beginning 2024, Performance Year 3: TBD
Proportion of Shared Savings distributed to ACO REACH Participants and Preferred Providers: 0%
How Shared Savings are Distributed
Reinvest in infrastructure to support quality patient care: 100%
Park Nicollet and HealthPartners Medical Group contracts with the following Preferred Providers, who utilize the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 3-Day Waiver:
| Preferred Provider legal business name | "Doing business as" (d/b/a) name |
|---|---|
| VSSA Care Center, LLC | Gables of Boutwells Landing |
| The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society | Good Samaritan Society - Stillwater |
| Southview Operations, LLC | Southview Acres |
| Sholom Home West Inc | |
| Minnesota Masonic Home Care Center | |
| Augustana Chapel View Homes Inc | |
| Covenant Living of Golden Valley | |
| St. Therese Home Inc | |
| St. Gertrude's Health Center | |
| The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society | Good Samaritan Society - New Hope |
| Capitol View Transitional Care Center | |
| St. Paul OpCo, LLC | Galtier - A Villa Center |
| Villa at St. Louis Park, LLC | |
| Cerenity Senior Care - Marian of Saint Paul, LLC | |
| Senior Care Woodbury | Woodbury Health Care Center |
| St. Louis Paul OpCo, LLC | Cedars at St. Louis Park, A Villa Center |
| Cerenity Senior Care | Cerenity Care Center on Humboldt |
| Presbyterian Homes Bloomington Care Center, Inc | |
| Lyngblomsten Care Center, Inc | |
| Jones Harrison Residence | |
| Walker Thompson Hill, LLC | Walker Westwood Ridge II |
| Episcopal Church Home of Minnesota | Episcopal Church Home |
| Episcopal Homes on University Avenue, LLC | The Gardens |
| Golden Valley Opco, LLC | Brookview, A Villa Center |
| Roseville Opco, LLC | Rose of Sharon, A Villa Center |
| Estates at Rush City LLC | Estates at Rush City |
| Estates at Greeley LLC | Estates at Greeley |
| Estates at Linden LLC | Estates at Linden |
| Estates at Excelsior LLC | Estates at Excelsior |
| Westfields Hospital & Clinic | |
| HealthPartners RC | Olivia Hospital & Clinic |
Park Nicollet and HealthPartners Medical Group Providers also participates in the following additional Benefit Enhancements:
- Post Discharge Home Visit
- Care Management Home Visit (pilot program 2023)
- Home Health Homebound Waiver (pilot program 2023)
- Cost Sharing for Part B Services